never ever v6 a nova !

[TANKNOVA]

well after viewing the forum for the last 5 years and being a storker and ownign 2 red top novas i bought a red gsi fitted with a v6 and now ill agree with jack i love the nova to bits and wouldnt change it for the world but they do not corner at all any my god do they rip the car apart ive spend 2 days under it welding the crossmember back together !

[Mike]

Ah so you bought that fine example of a shÃ*tter v6 then lol

[TANKNOVA]

lol its not that bad bought it monday tuesday was fitting the harnesses better oil change wensday i had wireing nightmares riped the dash out sorted all the wireing as there was a trapped wire in the rocker cover and thursday and friday was welding the thing back together touch wood ill get some propper driveing out the thing

[Iain]

Yeah sounds like a fantastic buy lol

[TANKNOVA]

o and not to mention the gear linkidge fell apart o and when it rains it leacks water though the front right wing in to the car strait on to the ecu ! all fixed too !

[mk1nova_rich]

there was a trapped wire in the rocker cover

earth by any chance lol?

[TANKNOVA]

nope i had a fuse keep poping so had to take the dash out to trace the wire after chassing the wire round the car i notices a black wire comeing out the rocker cover and a blue going in so removed the rocker cover and there it was a blue wire a crimp and a black running down to the coil pack !

[kevster]

sound's like fun , so when im i going to see this nova then ?

[brainsnova]

Jacks has been fine lol

[TANKNOVA]

any time you like kev well even though the engines been in 2 years im hopeing ive ironed out the gremlins now

[kevster]

well i was going to take the st out for a bit as i haven used it for 3 to 4 week's lol you still got my number fella

[Tim]

can we see some pics of said car.

[AdamK]

After saying all that i hope your not going to put it up for sale any time soon:roll: lol

[TANKNOVA]

shes all good now :D and no i wont be selling this soon i sold my 2 novas a few years ago and to be honest it was the biggist mistake ive ever made i was at pv 3 years ago with one of them

as for pictures yes when im up to 15 posts ill post the pictures

[Tim]

ok, you are not at 21 posts.

[AlexW]

Is the one that had all the holes drilled in the grill/front bumper?

[TANKNOVA]

I am now yes and all the pictures are now on my project thred

[burgo]

they are fine when they are built properly in the first place

[TANKNOVA]

What's best for it give up and burn it ?

[burgo]

What's best for it give up and burn it ?sounds like a plan ;)

[TANKNOVA]

I was tempted this week but that's a waste of a 5er

[ste porter]

this nobbys old one?

[TANKNOVA]

Yea

[ste porter]

was it realy that bad?
i was interested in this and even the missus was interested as a daily only thing that put us of in the end was it had no rear seats and a cage and we have a 4 year old

[TANKNOVA]

I don't think it's to bad at all I haven't found any thing other then the crossmember ripping that's dangerous

[brainsnova]

I don't think it's that bad and at the end of the day a welder can fix most things.

[ste porter]

for the 1200 quid asking price for a 20+ year old car i would exspect to get one with a crossmember chassis rails and gearbox mount still atached

also one without the possibility of the wiring going up in smoke due to wiring beeing traped under the rocker covers ect

but that said to be fair that seems to be the going rate just lately for one with no tax or test so its not all bad i surpose

[kevster]

for the 1200 quid asking price for a 20+ year old car i would exspect to get one with a crossmember chassis rails and gearbox mount still atached

also one without the possibility of the wiring going up in smoke due to wiring beeing traped under the rocker covers ect

but that said to be fair that seems to be the going rate just lately for one with no tax or test so its not all bad i surpose


like you say for 1200 quid i would expect a nice solid shell .
the price of nova's is a bit silly i think

[Nobby]

Just get the gremlins sorted ( well the ones you know of lol) and use the fuker if it breaks fix it if it breaks again burn it! :D

[brainsnova]

I would get the front wings etc stripped off and drop the engine out and get the bay and arches etc sandblasted and weld up what's needed. Then you know its solid.

[L33 LEG]

I was VERY tempted to buy this car when it was for sale last summer. Kind of glad i didnt now, although for the price the guy was asking i could of easily made my money breaking it.

Aslong as everything is sorted now it should be a good laugh to drive :thumb:

[Nobby]

pmsl didnt you offer me £750 or summat Lee lol

[L33 LEG]

Thought it was £900 but you kept saying £1k, something like that anyway lol If i didnt buy another car that week i was going to pay you the price you was asking, or at least view it anyway. Was going to use half the bits on my nova and sell the rest lol

[Nobby]

Thought it was £900 but you kept saying £1k, something like that anyway lol If i didnt buy another car that week i was going to pay you the price you was asking, or at least view it anyway. Was going to use half the bits on my nova and sell the rest lol
probably the best thing mate lol

[TANKNOVA]

Exept the exhaust blow and sump leack it's fine just done 150 miles today fine

[L33 LEG]

Ye sounds like it now lol

[Nobby]

best thing to do mate is make a new rear exhaust i will be ahving ago at it maybe over the next few days if i can make front engine mount up, keep an eye on my project thread

[TANKNOVA]

I will do mate let me know how it gose defantly need a new exhast

[Jack]

Jacks has been fine lol
:d


Is the one that had all the holes drilled in the grill/front bumper?
Yep.

Actually, say what you like about Lee's death touch to XE's and my fiery wiring skills, consider the saloon has happily run for a couple years now with no major issues (sure it ran down on power for a while but that was me being too lazy to fix it lol). So that proves they are a viable daily, if they're built properly. As for the 2.5 pulling the chassis apart, I'd be a bit concerned about that... Does it have a plating kit on it? I put one on mine (which being the 3.0 will be pushing out a fair bit more torque than the 2.5) and its been Ok so far.

[TANKNOVA]

Well that's the idea this one is going to be a daily I just had a week of so wanted to get every thing done it has got the full kit in the rear full bay even the drivers side cross member the only plate I can't see is where it's ripped but iv welded it back together and plated that now

[2.08vstu]

how did you stop the leak mate? mine has just started doing it as well :(

cheers